Hatfield's Trip To Gridiron
Dinner Puts Him in Limelight
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Robt Smith
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune t Washington
Correspo ndent
Washington - l:t might seem
a bit strange to the average
citizea to cross the continent
rH to attend a
tt, dinner, as
Vf;C3ov.-M ark
last week
; end, but not
if one under
stands the
great game of
I politics.
I Hatfield
came here as
guest of Roscoe Drummond,
the syndicated collumnist, for
the annual dinner of the
Gridiorn club, wiich is the
inner club to end : all inner
clubs in the newspaper world
here. Of the hundreds of
journalists in this ( city, its
membership is limU;d to 50-
The list of 500 j guests at
this annual feed reads like a
political who's who- Every
top politician and till those
who have higher aspirations
and a friend in the club usu
ally turn up. Hatfield wasn't
the only transcontinental din
ner guest. Gov. Pat Brown of
California was one of the
speakers. j
No one would beliwe that
it hadn't occurred to l.lessers.
Hatfield and Brown tKiat they
might be among the possible
candidates on their parties'
respective national tickets
next year. Since all the
Democratic presidential pros
pects come from east of the
Mississippi, Brown might
make the vice presidential
spot to give the Democrats
the geographic spread that a
convention usually seeks in
selected candidates.
Eastern Running Mate
Hatfield probably stands no
chance of being tapped for
vice president next year by
the GOP convention if Rich
ard Nixon of California gets
the presidential nomination
Geographic necessity would
dictate an eastern runining
mate. Conversely, if Nelson
Rockefeller of New York gets
the presidential nod, the con
vention might look as far
west as Oregon for a vice
presidential candidate.
In a word, the Gridiron din
ner is a good Washington
event for an out-of-town poli
tician to attend. It's an opior
tunity to see and, mainly, be
seen by the high and mighty.
It's like an assembly of ligSht
ning rods, each wonder ing
whether he will be the lucky
one to be struck from above.
To make good use of his
extra time here, Hatfield
spent nearly an hour chatting
with President Eisenhower,
had lunch with Interior Sec
retary Fred A. Seaton, spent
another hour with the three
members of the Oregon con
gressional delegation who
were in town. Reps. Walter
Norblad, Al Ullman and Ed
ith Green. Sen. Richard L.
Neuberger returned to have
breakfast with Hatfield Sun
day. Rep. Charles O. Porter
had just left for Europe and
Sen. Wayne Morse was
speechmaking in St. Louis.
Slate Paid Costs
These conferences on state
issues helped justify the state
paying for the governor's trip
to Washington. Travis Cross,
his press secretary, accom
panied Hatfield,, but his ex
penses were, not paid by the
state, he said.
Main reason the Gridiron
club journalists pull in the
big shots is to kid them with
satirical sketches and com-
BURMA ENVOY DIES
Washington - flJPD - J. Klahr
Huddle, 67, first U. S. am
bassador to Burma, died at
his home here Tuesday.
News About
Servicemen
NEW STATION
Technical Sgt. Harvey J
Jacobson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Jacobson. ,1508 Terrace
dr., Medford, recently com
pleted an 8-week-course in
turbo-propellers at Caldwell,
N.J.
The Air Force man and his
wife and son visited in Med
ford last week end enroute
to his new duty station at
Travis Air Force base, Calif
STATIONED IN N.Y.
Technical Sgts. Robert S.
and Raymond S. Helm, twin
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W.
Helm, 460 North Seventh st.,
Central Point, are both as
signed to the directorate of
flight test at the Rome air
development center, Griffiss
Air Force Base, N.Y.
Both men are maintenance
supervisors on the Center's
B-57 light bombers.
The brothers enlisted in the
Army in April 1948 and with
the exception of one month
when they were in the same
state but different cities, have
shared the same assignments
and promotions.
mentary reminiscent of Will
Rogers. President Paul Woot
on of the New Orleans Time
Picayune summed it like this:
"In these outer spacious
times we live in an atmo
sphere of change. In Virginia,
the Byrds had gone to roost
and massive is in the cold,
cold ground. Dave Beck gets
five years in jail. He hopes
for a parole after four years.
For once he hesitates to take
the fifth.
"In the complex of change,
confusion is apparent in poli
tical ranks, everyone seems
to be avoiding something.
Rockefeller is avoiding Nix
on. Nixon is avoiding anoth
er goodwill trip to Venezuela
Khrushchev is avoiding any
more American presidential
candidates. Gov. Williams
wants out of Reuther's pock
et.
"Senator Symington is
avoiding too close links with
Lyndon Johnson. Kennedy is
avoiding the South. Ike can't
wait to get out. Dick can't
wait to get in. And Kennedy
can't wait - period."
Hatfield concedes that he
can't wait either. On these
out-of-town trips, he can't
wait to get back to Salem to
relieve Democratic State Sen
Walter Pearson of the title of
acting governor in his ab
sence from Oregon.
French Police Club
Rioting Communists
Le Havre, France -UP&- Riot
police used tear gas and clubs
Tuesday night to beat off Com
munist longshoremen and
steelworkers who tried to pre
vent installation of Socialist
Mayor Robert Monguillon.
At least four policemen
were injured in the first major
street demonstration by the
Communists resulting from
last Sunday's nation wide mu
nicipal elections.
The Communists were fur
ious ' because the channel
port's new city council used
a one-vote margin over the
Communists to oust Red May
or Rene Cance, who was elect
ed in 1956. Control of Le
Havre, France's fourth larg
est port, had been a major
symbol of prestige for the
party.
The . Reds were especially
angry at the two Socialist
councilmen who joined the
anti-Communist majority to
give Monguillon a 19-18 vie
tory. Communist tracts called
Monguillon a "traitor to his
class."
irl Scouts
Central Point Scouts
As their community serv
ice project for the year, Sen
ior Girl Scouts of Troop 75
have repainted and varnished
the Central Point Girl Scout
room. The troop also enjoyed
a slumber party at the Bruce
Stuart home on Beall lane,
cooking their dinner and
breakfast over a campfire,
and sleeping in the hay barn.
They also attended the Crater
High-Ashland game.
Seven girls and two adults
successfully completed the
standard first aid course re
cently given in the Phoenix
school. The Senior girls also
are planning a ' semi-formal
dinner at which time some
of the girls will be capped,
and some will receive their
Senior pins. The troop leader
is Mrs. George Ray, and they
meet the first and third Thurs
days of each month in the
Scout Room at Central Point
school.
Troop 90, sixth grade girls,
are working on several profi
ciency badges. These include
outdoor cook, drawing and
painting, and cooking. Those
girls completing the cooking
badge recently held a slumber
party at the Stuart residence
and showed . their skills by
preparing their dinner that
evening. They also visited the
Jacksonville Museum. Their
leader is Mrs. Bruce Stusrt.
The fifth grade girls of
Troop, 119 made tray favors
and, with a troop from Lin
coln school in Medford, pre
sented them to the Rogue
Valley Memorial hospital.
They have also gone roller
skating in Ashland with some
of the Medford troops. The
troop also visited the Living
ston home to see some twin
and triplet baby lambs being
fed on baby bottles. The
troop is now working on a
play which members hope to
present to the PTA in the
near future. The leader of
Troop 119 is Mrs. Leon Evans.
The fourth grade Brownies
under the leadership of Mrs.
George Ray have been work
ing on fly-up requirements
and the May Festival dances
and songs. They gave a valen
tine social for their mothers
and -entertained with a pro
gram. Troop 67 meets on Mon
day afternoon in the Girl
Scout room.
Troop 82, third grade
Brownies, are working on
May Festival activities, this
is a newly organized troop,
and meets at the home of
the leader, Mrs. DeBerry, on
Tuesday afternoons.
Footlighters Have
Good Audience at
First Performance
A 19-inch rainfall was re
corded within 15 hours on
the Indian ocean's Seychelles
island.
For a change, Fotolighters
had a good audience for an
opening night. For some rea
son or the other, local theater
fan's seem to shun opening
nights, but when the curtain
rose on "The Tender Trap"
last night at the Footlighters'
theater at the Fairgrounds,
the house was three-quarters
filled.
The audience enjoyed the
periormance, too. Max Shul
mah is known for his zesty
wit and the play which he
and Robert Paul Smith wrote
together is a laugh-getter. At
times last night the uproar
from the audience drowned
cut the next lew lines from
the stage.
"The Tender Trap" might
be called a domestic comedy.
The plot is all about young
and good-looking New York
females with a yen to get
married, and "how one at
length "traps" an eligible
bachelor whe has been hav
ing great fun playing the
field.
Seductive looking women
run in and out of his apart
ment at all times, there is
much light-hearted love-making,
and a lot of fast talk,
particularly from the bache
lor's friend, happily married
but a little fed up at the mo
ment wich his kids with
tween the second and third
acts each evening of the
play's runs. Playgoers enjoy
this interlude, and last eve
ning's talk brought out the
fact that the large opening
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Wednesday, March 18, 1959 3
night audience was due part
ly to the efforts of Lions club
members who took over part
of the task of ticket-selling.
"The Tender Trap" will be
given nightly tnrough Satur
day; curtain time is 8:30 pjn.
-O.S.
Contest Winners
Listed by Store
Mrs. Virginia Wait, 220
Vancouver ave., Medford, won
first prize in a recent mer
chandise contest sponsored by
Acme Hardware, Tony Manno,
owner of the store, has an
nounced. Other winners were Mrs.
Elva Adams, route 2, box 48A,
Jacksonville, second; Mrs.
Ken F. MacDonald, 1917 Ore
gon ave., Medford, third; Mrs.
Fred Milledge, 3712 South Pa
cific highway, Medford,
fourth; and David W. Big
ham, 25 Bigham rd., Central
Point, fifth.
Manno said there were
more than 5,000 entries in the
contest, which was conducted
in connection with the store's
recent anniversary celebration.
braces on their teeth and a
wife who wants wall-to-wall
corpeting in every room, in
cluding the Oath. At one
pont the husband remarks
morosely that his wife is "the
typical American housewife
a monster."
Picks Women
Director Frank Buchter
picked the women for the
cast with an eye for pulchri
tude as well as acting abil
ity. Shirley Tucker plays
Poppie Matson, who insists
on cleaning the bachelor's
apartment; Shirlie Butterfield
is Jessica Collins, "the real
neat tomato" who convenient
ly lives upstairs and whose
charms include a honeyed
southern accent; Shirley Bu
dreau is Sylvia Crewes, a
"real lady," and Audrey
Reiss is Julie Gillis, "the girl
with the 55-year plan."
Charley Reader, the bach-
elor, is played by Charles
Tucker and his married
friend, Joe .McCall, is por
trayed by Robbie Robbins.
Attacks Role
.Tucker, who tends to over
act, attacks this role with
such enthusiasm that at one
point the audience feared the
davenport on which he threw
himself would fall apart from
the force. Robbins turns in a
smooth, relaxed performance
as the husband. This actor's
supporting roles have been
well done; perhaps Director
Frank Buchter could turn up
a play in which Robbins
would have an opportunity to
do the lead.
Curtis Butterfield delivers
an amusing characterization
of Earl Lindquist, the near
sighted scientist whose court
ing goes unnoticed by the ob
ject of his affections. Dave
Havlick makes considerable
of a brief appearance as Sol
Schwartz, "beatnik" musi
cian whose blasts on a trom
bone shatter the nerves of
those on and off stage.
Coffee will be served be-
MOTHER DIES
Hollywood- (UPD -Mrs. Lida
Carmichael, 82, mother of
Composer Hoagy Carmichael
died Tuesday.
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